Prodigal vs. Son

Prodigaladjective

wastefully extravagant.

Prodigaladjective

someone yielding profusely, lavish

Prodigaladjective

profuse, lavishly abundant

Prodigaladjective

(by allusion to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.

Prodigalnoun

A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

Prodigaladjective

Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.

Prodigalnoun

One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift.

Prodigalnoun

a recklessly extravagant consumer

Prodigaladjective

very generous;

Prodigaladjective

recklessly wasteful;

Prodigaladjective

marked by rash extravagance;

Prodigaladjective

spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant

Prodigaladjective

having or giving something on a lavish scale

Prodigalnoun

a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way

Prodigalnoun

a person who leaves home to lead a prodigal life but later makes a repentant return.

Sonnoun

One's male offspring.

Sonnoun

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

Sonnoun

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

Sonnoun

A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.

Sonnoun

A male descendant.

Sonnoun

A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

Sonnoun

An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

Sonverb

(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

Sonverb

(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".

Sonnoun

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Sonnoun

A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

Sonnoun

Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other young male dependent.

Sonnoun

A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

Sonnoun

The produce of anything.

Sonnoun

Jesus Christ, the Savior; - called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

Sonnoun

a male human offspring;

Sonnoun

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Son

A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter.